The New Orleans Saints have begun to address their needs in free agency, re-signing right tackle Zach Strief and adding Jairus Byrd. While their philosophy is to take the best player available, that's not always possible by the time the draft begins.

The Saints will have the 27th pick in the draft, held May 8-10 at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

I shook everything up for my final mock draft, starting with a trade at the top, which changed the top half of the draft board. I could see the Atlanta Falcons moving up to take top prospect Jadeveon Clowney, but only if the price is right.

That trade made my draft board look radically different at the top, but the bottom has stayed mostly the same.

While I think there will be more trades on Thursday, realistically, it's too hard to project, so I stuck with the Clowney trade. That still leaves Brandin Cooks available for the Saints to grab at No. 27. The Saints could use a playmaking wide receiver and I think he would fit the mold.

Katherine Terrell's latest 2014 NFL mock draft 8.0

1. Atlanta (via Houston) - Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina

2. St. Louis - Greg Robinson, T, Auburn

3. Jacksonville - Khalil Mack, OLB, Buffalo

4. Cleveland - Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M

5. Oakland - Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson

6. Houston (via Atlanta) - Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida

7. Tampa Bay - Mike Evans,WR, Texas A&M

8. Minnesota - Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh

9. Buffalo - Jake Matthews, T, Texas A&M

10. Detroit - Taylor Lewan, T, Michigan

11. Tennessee - Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State

12. N.Y. Giants - Zack Martin, T/G, Notre Dame

13. St. Louis - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama

14. Chicago - Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville

15. Pittsburgh - Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State

16. Dallas - Anthony Barr, OLB, UCLA

17. Baltimore - Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina

18. N.Y. Jets - Odell Beckham Jr., WR, LSU

19. Miami - Cyrus Kouandijo, T, Alabama

20. Arizona - Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri

21. Green Bay - C.J. Mosley, ILB, Alabama

22. Philadelphia - Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech

23. Kansas City - Marqise Lee, WR, USC

24. Cincinnati - Ryan Shazier, OLB, Ohio State

25. San Diego - Louis Nix, DT, Notre Dame

26. Cleveland - Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State

27. New Orleans - Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State

Last Week: Cooks

Cooks is still available on this board despite the shuffle that happened on the board ahead of him. I think it's entirely possible that Cooks could still be here, as he has a wide range of projections in the first round. Cooks has speed and the durability the Saints would want when considering a first round pick. If he's still here, they're giving him a hard look.